Re: [hatari-devel] alt-gr not recognized anymore with sdl2

[Thomas Huth <th.huth@xxxxxx>]

 Hi,

On 30.01.2016 18:44, Nicolas Pomarède wrote:
> Le 30/01/2016 17:37, Thomas Huth a écrit :
>>
>> looks like your AltGr key also reports "ISO_Level3_Shift", just like
>> mine. However, after that patch that we've spotted in the other mail, it
>> seems like SDL2 only recognizes "RALT" if it is reported as "Alt_R" by
>> xev instead. I can fix the issue by applying the following patch to SDL2:
>>
>> diff -r 9e8323b058d6 src/video/x11/SDL_x11keyboard.c
>> --- a/src/video/x11/SDL_x11keyboard.c   Thu May 28 12:48:20 2015 -0700
>> +++ b/src/video/x11/SDL_x11keyboard.c   Sat Jan 30 17:32:47 2016 +0100
>> @@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
>>       { XK_Control_R, SDL_SCANCODE_RCTRL },
>>       { XK_Shift_R, SDL_SCANCODE_RSHIFT },
>>       { XK_Alt_R, SDL_SCANCODE_RALT },
>> +     { XK_ISO_Level3_Shift, SDL_SCANCODE_RALT },
>>       { XK_Meta_R, SDL_SCANCODE_RGUI },
>>       { XK_Super_R, SDL_SCANCODE_RGUI },
>>       { XK_Mode_switch, SDL_SCANCODE_MODE },
>>
>> Did you also compile SDL2 on your own? If yes, could you please check
>> whether this fixes the issue for you, too?
> 
> no I didn't compile it myself, that's the latest library built with my
> distro (I'm using Mageia cauldron, which includes all the latest
> libraries while mageia 6 is under development)
....
> Maybe your patch would be worth posting on SDL2 ML, having an extra
> alternative name for RALT should not be a bad thing.

Looks like the SDL people are using bugzilla for tracking problems and
patches, so I've had a look there and found a corresponding ticket
already. I've added my patch now there:

https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3244

 Thomas